Overview

In 1973 Daniel Meadows, fresh out of art school, bought a double-decker bus and set off round England in search of ordinary people to photograph. In the course of his journey he offered free portrait sessions in 22 different towns, developing the black and white prints inside the bus, in which he also lived. He photographed 958 people, alone or in groups. A quarter of a century later Meadows came across the bus photographs in his archive and was struck by how fresh they were. With the help of the local press in various towns, he went in search of the original sitters. Many could not be found, some had died but a number of people turned up to be re-photographed. Meadows interviews the sitters who talk candidly about their lives, their friends, their loves, their families and the future -providing a moving accompaniment to Meadows' own journey through time.

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An extraordinary example of photo-documentary, simple in concept yet deeply revealing. In 1973, newly graduated from art school, Meadows bought a double-decker bus and drove it around England for over a year, using it as a studio to take portrait photographs of 958 'ordinary' people. Years later Meadows, now a lecturer in photo-journalism, came across these pictures, wondered what had happened to the people, and set about tracking down as many as he could. He found - and photographed - 33 of them; the juxtaposition of pictures from then and now says more than words ever could about changing times and the passing of the years. A gem of a book. (Kirkus UK)

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Daniel Meadows lectures in photography and new media at the school of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, Wales. His previous books include Living Like This, Nattering in Paradise, Set Pieces - Being about Movie Stills Mostly, and National Portraits. He also operates the Internet site Photobus at www.photobus.co.uk.

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